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Man Saved During Pickup Hockey Game
LONDON, ONTARIO--It was just a regular Sunday pickup game of hockey. Gary Smits, 47, wasn’t even supposed to be playing that December morning. He’d been called in as a sub. Teammate Dale Blanchard had also been called in at the last minute — a stroke of luck that would prove a lifesaver for Smits, a technology and co-op teacher at Medway high… Read More
Hockey Player Saved at Toronto Rink
TORONTO--Once again, CPR and an automated external defibrillator have proven their worth as a Toronto man is alive today thanks to the quick actions of bystanders. On Sunday, January 13, a 51-year-old Toronto-area resident Paul Poce was playing hockey at the Malvern Recreation Centre when he collapsed to the ice after suffering a cardiac arrest.… Read More
Youth Sports Safety Alliance Develops National Action Plan to Protect Student-Athletes from Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Other Life-threatening Conditions
Too many student-athletes are dying from sudden cardiac arrest and other causes. To address the problem, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and other members of the Youth Safety Sports Alliance met February 5-6 and issued key lifesaving recommendations for school and youth sports groups. PITTSBURGH – What do Tristan White, 17, of Dillon, CO, … Read More
Coping with Trauma and Stressful Events as a Patient with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
A new "Cardiology Patient Page" published in Circulation describes healthy coping strategies for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Jessica Ford, MA, Sam Sears, PhD, and colleagues at East Carolina University Department of Psychology note that the lifesaving value and improved quality-of-life outcomes of ICD therapy are… Read More
Gym Gets a Pass on Failure to Use AED
ALBANY, NY-- Health clubs have no obligation to use the defibrillators that they are required to have on hand to treat sudden cardiac arrest, New York's highest court ruled. The Court of Appeals took up the case of Long Island man Gregory Miglino Sr. to resolve division over the issue at the appellate level. Miglino had been playing racquetball… Read More
Tigre Becomes First Heart Safe City in Argentina
More than 4,000 citizens trained in CPR and how to use AEDs CHELMSFORD, MASS.—The city of Tigre in the Province of Buenos Aires, has installed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public areas throughout this popular tourist destination, making it the first Heart Safe City in Argentina. The city government partnered with community… Read More
American Heart Association Welcomes Rep. Chris Smith as Co-Chair of Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The American Heart Association today applauded Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) for accepting the position of House Republican co-chair of the Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition. The association welcomes Rep. Smith to this important position and looks forward to working with him in the fight against heart disease and… Read More
Free AEDs Going to Public Venues Across British Columbia to Help Save Lives
VANCOUVER--A new provincewide program aims to save many of the 2,000 people who die each year in B.C. from sudden cardiac arrest. Public Access to Defibrillation or PAD plans to distribute 450 automated external defibrillators free of charge to community centres, arenas, playing fields, sports centres and other public venues around the province.… Read More
Minnesota Timberwolves Star Ricky Rubio Teams Up with Medtronic Foundation to Save Young Lives from Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Rubio Helps Web Visitors Save a “Virtual” Life at HeartRescueNow.com MINNEAPOLIS–Minnesota Timberwolves basketball star Ricky Rubio joins the Medtronic Foundation this February in saving young lives worldwide from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Through the Foundation’s HeartRescue Project, Rubio will lend a “virtual” hand in teaching the public how… Read More